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Samuel Vincent


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1.6.1692CSORN
Last Known Service31.12.1716CSORN
Date of Death27.9.1719CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1.6.1692 CaptainCSORN
1.6.16922.1.1694/95
Saint Paul (32) 1679-1698
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Fireship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
4.6.169624.9.1696
Ruby Prize (44) 1694-1698
British 44 Gun
4th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
ADM 6/4
25.9.169631.3.1699
Nonsuch (54) 1696-1715
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/30
BWAS-1603
19.4.170121.9.1702
Falmouth (54) 1693-1704
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/89
BWAS-1603
20.8.170224.8.1702Benbow vs DuCasse 
10.10.17027.4.1704
Defiance (64) 1695-1707
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/23
Confirmed 10.11.1703
BWAS-1603
12.10.1702 Court Martial : Samuel Vincent, Captain, Falmouth. Crime: Failing to keep line of battle. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence: Suspended from service but respited until HM pleasure be known. Comments: Benbow's Action of August 1702.ADM 1/1435
21.12.170431.12.1705
Russell (80) 1692-1707
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/124
BWAS-1603
1.1.1705/66.4.1708
Newark (80) 1695-1713
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/214
BWAS-1603
7.4.170830.11.1710
Newark (80) 1695-1713
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/9/153
ADM 6/9
1.5.17112.7.1711
Union (96) 1704-1722
British 96 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1709 Renamed "Union"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/11/133
ADM 6/11
11.8.171313.12.1714
Elizabeth (70) 1706-1718
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/11/269
BWAS-1603
13.10.17142.11.1714Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/11/299ADM 6/11
14.12.171431.12.1716
Elizabeth (70) 1706-1718
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/12/11
ADM 6/12

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